After click button the page content are gone (invisible) - asp.net

I've a page and I've postpack control in my cs file.
For example in post.aspx page users can comment.
They give name, email, url and comment and then click send button.
After click send button page content are gone.
Why is this happened?
Again I have a postback control in page_load like
if(!page.ispostback)

Probably you're creating dynamic controls (programmatically appended to the page) and you don't recreate them on postback.
More details about what you're doing would help though.

As Claudio Redi mentions, you're properly setting the content of the label and the div, inside
if (!Page.IsPostBack)
This means, that the code will not be run, if a button is clicked. This will only run, the first time you're visiting the website.

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Button in CustomControl added in OnClick doesn't postback until second click

I have the following scenario:
UserControlA contains a <asp:Button id="bSomeid" onClick="AddItem" /> with some code to an item to a shopping basket in AddItem.
UserControlB contains some LinkButton's that dynamically add a selection of UserControlA to the page in the OnClick event.
This is all done in an UpdatePanel. It is a little more complicated but I have pruned the information to what I believe is causing the problem, I will add more information if necessary.
The problem I have is that it takes 2 clicks for the AddItem event to trigger after I have added the items to the page after clicking the LinkButton.
I understand why this is happening - it is to late in the page cycle to register events for the next post back in the onclick - but can anyone think of a way around this? Can I force an event to be triggered on the next postback? I have tried to think of a way to run my code in page_load but I requuire access to the sender in the onClick.
Using .NET 4.0.
EDIT
I managed to find a way to get the link button sending the request in the Page_Load (using Request.Form["__EVENTTARGET"];) so I moved my code to the Page_load event. It still requires 2 clicks so I am assuming it isn't something to do with the onClick being registered to late.
Are there any other general things to check that could cause a button to require 2 clicks to post an event properly?
If your suspicion about being late in page life cycle is true then you can try using ScriptManager.RegisterAsyncPostBackControl method to register dynamically added controls in the link button click - considering that your button is within user control, you need to add public method into UserControlA that would actually register the button bSomeid1 and link button click from UserControlB would actually call the A control's method.
EDIT :
Another cause for button click not happening can be that button being dynamic control is not added in the page hierarchy when post-back happens (or it gets added very late in the page life cycle when the post back data is already processed). A really full-proof solution should add dynamic controls back to the page hierarchy in page_load it-self (and strictly maintaining same controls ids within hierarchy). If that's not possible then you can sniff the request (Request.Form) to detect the post-back.
In your case, you should ascertain if the button is indeed causing the post-back on each click. If yes, what is the POST data (Request.Form) for the first request - what is the __EVENTTARGET value on the first click (and post-back)? That should start your trouble-shooting.
On the other hand, a simple work-around could be to use html anchor element (you can still use link button) and have a javascript handler in the click event that would set some hidden variable and then submit the form (you can simulate the click on hidden button to trigger ASP.NET client side submit pipeline) . Now the hidden variable value can be used on the post-back to determine which link button has been clicked.
"Are there any other general things to check that could cause a button to require 2 clicks to post an event properly?"
Does it require two clicks on the control, or does it take accept a single click elsewhere on the screen, and then fire first time with a single click on the control?
I have my own (similar) issue with the Updatepanel where the first (expected) trigger does not fire and it seems that a single click elsewhere, and then the subsequent triggers fires first time (which totals 2 clicks)
[edit] Since you are working on this ATM, it may help me as well. Do you have a textbox with a trigger event on it? I do, and if I leave this blank (so that it does not fire) then there is no need for a second click.

hyperlink and responce.redirect

I am new to asp.net and i need to know
whats the differences between a button with response.redirect behind it
and a hyper link ? they get you both to the page but one is server side while the other is not
is it the only difference
and when it is best to use either one of them
A hyperlink render a link to the given NavigateUrl in the browser. When the user clicks on it, the browser directly goes to the destination.
A button with redirect renders a button which does a postback using javascript. When the user clicks on it, a postback is done to the same page and the browser is instructed to go to another URL using Response.Redirect.
The main difference is that the second solution loads the same page again, while the first solution goes directly to the destination. With a button you can run some code before redirecting, or redirect to a different URL based on the information in the postback. Because it loads the original page before loading the destination page, it is a bit slower.
With a hyperlink, the visitor will see where the hyperlink leads to. With a button you can not see this. A hyperlink is thus better for search engines, because they will follow a hyperlink and will not follow a button.
If you know the URL in advance and you do not want to run extra code when the user clicks on something, use a hyperlink. Else, use a button.
A hyperlink is a link which will redirect you somewhere in the same tab or in a new tab when you click on it.
In case of response.sendredirect() the user's browser is redirected to a link sent by the server depending on your business logic.(the link may belong to some other domain).
hope that helps
Hyperlink control
This is server control use for navigation to another page specified in the NavigateURL property. Hyperlink control doesn’t expose any server side event.
Response.Redirect method
This method is used to navigate to another page from code. You can use this method to navigate from a Linkbutton or ImageButton control.

WebForms with ASP.NET AJAX: HyperLink vs LinkButton & Response.Redirect from GridView

I have 2 asp.net web forms. The first has a ScriptManager, History, UpdatePanel and GridView; the later is ScriptManager, UpdatePanel and TextBoxes. The premise here is a list that links to a detail form where an item can be edited.
From within the GridView (inside the UpdatePanel), if I use a HyperLink control with the url set to the edit page (with the necessary parameters), change something, save it and then click the back button I see the original list with no updates. Pressing F5 to refresh shows the changes.
If instead I use a LinkButton inside the GridView, and handle that LinkButton in code-behind to perform a Response.Redirect to the same edit page (with the same parameters), make the same changes, save and then click the back button, the list on the original page refreshes automatically to show my changes.
Note that the code in the detail page where the editing/saving takes place does not change - only the way it is first displayed is changed.
My question is this: what is it about the Response.Redirect that causes the page to be refreshed when the back button is clicked, and it it possible to replicate this for the direct HyperLink approach? I would prefer to use the HyperLink method as I see no reason for the postback, but I want the GridView to refresh when the user browses back to it.
Thanks.
A LinkButton causes a postback, the response to which is a HTTP 302 redirect command triggered on the server side by your Response.Redirect. Your web browser therefore does not cache the old version of the page.
The Hyperlink control simply renders a regular <a> tag which takes you to the detail page on the client side. The browser has no reason to believe the page may have changed, so it presents the cached version when you hit the back button.
If you want to tell the browser specifically not to cache the page if the back button is used,
use the cache-control HTTP header. W3C Link,
In any case, you should provide a link on the detail page (or automatic redirect on accepting changes) which takes the user back to the GridView/summary page, so they don't have to resort to using the back button.
Edit:
Sorry, the previously provided header example was not for Asp.net, but basically you'll want to do something like this:
Response.AppendHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache")

AJAX problem - button click event fires after two clicks

I have an aspx page that is wrapped with an UpdatePanel control, users can post comments and delete them later, when the user clicks the delete for the first time it deletes successfully but if he wants to delete another comment, it works only after two clicks on the button.
the delete button is inside a web user control that is added dynamically at run time.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
I had a bit different problem. The control event did not work at all after AJAX post back. Here is the possible solution to your problem - http://sharepointtechie.blogspot.com/2011/04/click-event-stopped-firing-after-ajax.html
Please register that control during page load event of the control..
So if you are calling usercontrol1 dynamically during the runtime..
then on the page load event of usercontrol.ascx you should have
this.id="xyz";
try this... It did some miracle for us...
Hope this works for you too

AJAX, postbacks and browser refreshes

I have created a user control to handle adding comments to certain business entities, like contacts and customers. Works great ... except for one issue.
I am using a ListView control to edit and delete comments, and a separate area, on the same user control to add a new comment. All of this is wrapped in an UpdatePanel.
Here is my scenario ... the user adds a new comment ... the page does a postback, the data is successfully saved, and the ListView control is updated to show the new comment. Now, if the user refreshes the browser, it will naturally postback again and will add another duplicate record.
Any ideas on how best to prevent this?
You could try using the Post/Redirect/Get pattern. Basically instead of letting the postback send the data, redirect to the page. That way, if a user refreshes, s/he is refreshing the GET command rather than the POST.
Sorry.. missed the UpdatePanel piece. Make sure that your submit button is also within that UpdatePanel. A page refresh would not affect your AJAX call, but when the button is outside the panel, it's doing a regular postback so you would be sending the Add Request again.
I haven't used ASP.NET in a few years, but you should wrap your "do this on postback" code in Page.IsPostBack:
if(IsPostBack) {
//do your data-saving code...
}
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